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' EMBROIDERY. No. 279,042. Patented June 5,1883.

N. PETER5. Pholc-Libhognpher. Washington. D. a

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KATE L. TAR-BOX,v OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

EMBROIDERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,042, dated June 5, 1883,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KATE L. TARBOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and "useful Improvements in Embroidery, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan view, enlarged, of a piece of cloth having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line mm, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3 1 Fig. 1.

My invention may be applied to any cloth which has aportion of its warp-threads, preferably at regular distances apart, raised above other portions of its warp threads, looped around some of its woof-threads, passing be tween other warp-threads and looped around other woof-threads, such portion of itswarpthreads being caused to occupy a different path through the cloth in the process of weaving from the path which is pursued or occupied by any other warp-threads in the fabric.

In the drawings I have illustrated one of the many kinds of cloth which are adapted to have my invention applied thereto.

a (I represent warp-threads of the cloth to which my invention is applied, these threads being arranged in pairs.

b b are also warp-threads, arranged between each pair of warp-threads a a. I

c 0 represent the upper woof-threads of the fabric, and which may be made of silver, gold, or other metal, or of any fibrous material.

(I d are the lower woof-threads, which may also be made of any usual or preferred material.

By an examination of the drawings it will be seen that in weaving this cl oththe 'arp threads I) b are interwoven and looped around the upper and lower woof, and also pass through between the alternate pairs of warp-threads c a, which latter occupy a common plane intermediate be tween the woof-threads 0 6?. Thus a cloth is produced in which the upper woof-threads, c c, are substantially uniformly spaced, th e distance between them being practically determined by the number and size of the lower woof-threads,

d d, which are inclosed between each loop of the warp-thread b.

In view of the fact that the warp-threads 1) Application filed April 10, 13.92; (Model) are not only looped around upper woof-threads,

but also pass down between part of the warpthreads and serve to secure woof-threads toother threads of the fabric, I designate such threads I) I) as woof and warp tying warpthreads, and designate the threads at intermediate warp threads. r.

e e are the embroidery-threads, which aresupplied to the fabric by the use of a needle as follows: I pass the needle and thread up through the fabric from the under side at such point as may be desirable to commence embroidering the pattern. I then insert the needle under the warp and woof tying warprthread b which passes over the adjacent upper woof-thread, c, at that point which is nearest to the place at which the embroidery-thread has been passed up through the cloth, and under the next succeedingloop of the warp and woof tying warpthread which passes over the same woof-thread c, and the succeeding like loops, drawing the embroidery-t1]read underneath each of these loops to such distance as is desirable in work ing the pattern.

Under some circumstances I lay the embroid; cry-threads upon the upper woof-threads, and

sometimes I lay them between the woof-threads and in close contact with the warp-threads a. For instance, if I wish to produce the lightest. shade possible with a given color of embroidcry-thread I lay it upon the woof-threads, whereas if I wish to produce a darker shade with the same color of embroidery-thread I lay it between adjacent woof-threads, both positions of the cmbroidery-thread relative to the other threads of the fabric being illustrated in the drawings. Thus the embroidery-thread may be laid in a plane throughout its entire length, its upper surface being unbroken and uncovered, except by the warp and woof tying 'warp-tln-eads b, and as these threads are usually in fabrics of i this character very small their presence above the embroidery-thread is scarcely noticeable, and when the embroidery-thread is placed between the woof-threads the entire surface of the figure presents avery smooth and finished appearance. In fact, the work can be made much smoother with the embroidery-thread laid upon the woof-threads than can be done by the ordinary methods of embroidery.

\Vhile in practice I prefer to pass the em: broidery under all of the adj acent loops of the warp and. woof tying warp-thread b, yet I do not wish to be limited to so doing because by passing it under even the alternate loops I can produce a figure having an even and smoothlyfinished surface. In fact, with some cloth woven in substantially the manner to which I have referred it'might be found desirable to pass the embroidery-thread under only the alternate loops in order to avoid covering too much of its surface by these loops.

It will of course be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the use of any particular materials in working my invention, nor to the use of cloth of the precise character referred to because my invention may be applied to other cloths which are woven in such manner that I can introduce an embroidery -thread upon the upper surface of the woof-threads and underneath warp -threads which pass over and loop around said woof-threads, and pass between intermediate warp threads, underneath which latter it would be impracticable to introduce the embroidery-thread.

I am aware of English Patent No. 2,825 of 1872, and hence do not claim anything therein shown; but the fabric shown and described in said English patent which approaches most closely to my invention differs essentially there from.

- In my invention the embroidery-thread is held in place by a warp thread which is looped over an adjacent woof-thread and passes down between and below the intermediate warp threads, Whereas in'the English patent the chenille which is understood to correspond to my embroidery-thread is held in place by a warpthread, which is looped under an adjacent woofthread, and does not pass .down between and below. the intermediate warp-threads,

\Vhat I claim is- 1, The herein-described improvement in the art of embroidery, the same consisting in in serting threads in contact with upper woofthreads and under the warp and woof tying warpthreads, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a woven fabric having warp and woof tying warpthreads, other intermediate warp-threads, upper woof-threads, and embroidery-threads held in place by warp-threads which are looped over the embroidery-thread and pass down between and below warjfi-threads substantially as set forth.

3'. In embroidery an embroidery-thread arranged in contact with a woof-thread, and also with the upper surface of warp-threads, and secured thereto by warp-threads which encircle the upper portions of both theembroiderythread and the woofthread to which it is applied, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

r. V KATE L.. TABBOX;

lvitnesses'z. y 7

H. H. DOUBLEDAY, LUTHER SHAFER. 

